OBERHOF, Germany— Following the final Olympic qualification races in Winterberg, Germany, last weekend, a contingent of USA Luge athletes continues to race on the World Cup circuit before the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 begin in less than three weeks’ time. The U.S. ...
LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Freestyle Cup, the fourth and final stop on the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle World Cup aerials tour, will take place here at the Olympic Jumping Complex on Sunday and Monday, Jan. 11 and 12. The two-day World Cup in Lake Placid features ...
SIGULDA, Latvia — USA Luge’s Summer Britcher won her second race of the season and assumed the lead of the overall World Cup, despite missing the first event of the season. The 31-year-old slider secured gold after posting back-to-back elite results in the International Luge ...
The countdown is on for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. The torch relay is already underway and some of the top athletes are already making headlines. There are 16 sports in all, including some never seen before, and 116 gold medals are waiting to be awarded when comeptition begins in ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer The biggest rivalry going into the bobsled competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics is pretty much not in dispute. On one side, there is Germany. And on the other side, there is everybody else. The sport made its Olympic debut in 1924 and Germany ...
Nobody knows for certain when luge — the French word for sled — started, since nobody surely took note of the first time someone slid feet-first down a slope. Some say the 15th century, with evidence that there were races in Norway around that time. USA Luge believes that the sport could ...